On the eve of tomorrow evening’s Nations League match against Belgium at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, a FIGC delegation led by commissioner Giovanni Malagò paid tribute to the victims of the Heysel tragedy. Malagò was joined by Italian Football Federation technical director and Club Italia president Claudio Ranieri, head coach Roberto Mancini and Giorgio Scalvini, representing the Azzurri. They laid a wreath and observed a moment of silence beneath the plaque commemorating the 39 people who lost their lives on May 29th, 1985, following the disturbances that broke out before the European Cup final between Liverpool and Juventus.

Malagò, Ranieri, Mancini and Scalvini at the memorial plaque for the 39 victims of the Heysel disaster

The Belgian Football Association also took part in the ceremony, with president Pascale Van Damme and CEO Vincent Mannaert laying a bouquet of flowers in memory of the victims.